-SUPER EASY cheesy snack. For those watching your carbs, give this recipe a try!
1 package of sliced cheddar cheese
1 Tbs. everything bagel seasoning mix
Easy Cheese Crisps
Tag: Baking
Easy Cherry Oat Bars
If you’re looking for a quick and delicious recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth, this is it! These tasty bars are packed with flavor and are great for a quick, on-the-go breakfast, a packable lunch box treat, or an after dinner dessert served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. If desired, switch up the filling with whatever flavors you have on hand… I’ve used strawberry- rhubarb jam, strawberry preserves, and blueberry spice spread.
Easy Cherry Oat Bars
- 18 1⁄2ounce box white cake mix
- 2 cups quick cooking oats
- 3⁄4cup butter, melted
- 1 cup cherry preserves
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1⁄2cup pecans, finely chopped
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray with cooking spray a 9×13” pan.
- In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, oats and butter until butter has been evenly distributed and mixture is crumbly.
- Press two-thirds of the oat mixture evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan. (I use the bottom of a square plastic bowl to firmly pack the mixture in place.)
- In a separate bowl, mix the preserves with water and carefully spread over the crust.
- Add pecans to the remaining one-third of the oat mixture and crumble this over the top of the cherry layer.
- Bake 375 for 28-35 minutes or until the top is lightly browned and the center doesn’t collapse when you press lightly.
Easy Biscotti
I found a cookbook at a local resale shop last week. The book looked like it had never been opened. As I thumbed through the recipes, I noticed lots of delicious looking treats. There were pages and pages of biscotti recipes, all of which were made from a foundation of cake mix and other pantry items. The Cranberry White Chocolate Biscotti recipe caught my eye so I quickly purchased the book for 78 cents.
This weekend I made a batch. I had to use dried cherries because I had run out of dried cranberries.
This turned out to be a great recipe. My family loved the sweet, crunchy exterior with mugs of piping hot coffee and tea. I’ll be making this one again!
See the recipe in the cookbook image below…
Cake Mix Biscotti
1 box white cake mix
1 cup flour
1 stick butter, melted
1 tsp almond extract
2 eggs
1 cup dried cherries
1 cup white chocolate chips
Mix everything into a stiff dough. Place two logs on parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes. Carefully slice into 3/4” slices on diagonal. Place cut side down on cookie sheets. Bake an additional 10 minutes. Turn off oven and leave biscotti to bake until dark golden and crisp.
instead of Cranberries
Spicy Pretzel Pieces
Our family enjoys this slightly spicy snack mix. A quick and tasty way to use up broken pretzel pieces.
Spicy Pretzel Pieces
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 packages dry ranch dressing mix
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dill weed
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 16 ounces pretzels broken pretzel pieces
Method
- In a large mixing bowl, add all ingredients except pretzels.
- Mix well and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Continue to combine pretzel mix while waiting for the oven to preheat. Make sure all pretzel pieces are completely coated.
- Once the oven is preheated, pour pretzels into a lined baking pan and spread into an even layer. Set the bowl aside without washing the bowl.
- Place in baking pan in oven and bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and stir, making sure to mix back in any oil or spices on the bottom of the pan.
- Bake for another 15 minutes.
- Pour pretzels back into original mixing bowl and stir well to pick up any spices or oil left in the bowl.
- Once cooled, store in an airtight container.
Jumbo Breakfast Cookies
Filled with an abundance of oats, nuts, seeds, and dried fruit, these jumbo cookies are a better alternative to most breakfast pastries. A half-cup measure is used to deposit the flavorful batter on to parchment lined cookie sheets. The result…hearty fruit and nut studded cookies that can be packed into a lunchbox or slipped into a zip-lock bag for a quick mealtime treat.
Ingredients
2 cups whole-wheat flour
2 cups all-purpose flour
4 cups old fashioned oats
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, room temperature
2 cups packed dark-brown sugar
1 cup canola oil
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 cup pecans or walnuts, coarsely chopped
½ cup pumpkin seeds, unsalted
½ cup sunflower seeds, unsalted
½ cup raisins or chopped dates
½ cup finely chopped dried mango
1 cup banana chips
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a very large bowl, mix together flours, oats, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In another large bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Add oil and sugar; beat until well combined. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla and coconut extract; beat until just combined.
Slowly add flour mixture, and beat until well combined. By hand, Mix in nuts, seeds, and dried fruit, as the batter will be very thick.
Form dough into 19-21 cookies (using 1/2 cup measurement for each), and place on parchment-lined baking sheets (approx. 5 cookies per sheet). Press 3 banana chips into the top of cookie. Flatten cookie slightly/evenly and reshape accordingly. Bake until golden and firm, 18-20 minutes. Let cool completely on baking sheets, about 30 minutes. Store in air-tight container.
Adapted from a Martha Stewart recipe, September 2012
Sour Cream Apple Squares
I stumbled on this recipe in a cookbook I bought at a local library book sale. This is an excellent recipe… So delicious as it has a crunchy, nutty bottom crust with a moist and flavorful cake on top. It’s sure to become a family favorite!
Sour Cream Apple Squares
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1-2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg, room temperature, beaten
- 2 cups chopped peeled tart apples
Directions
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar and butter until crumbly. Stir in nuts. Press about 2-3/4 cups into an ungreased 13×9-in. baking pan.
- 2. To the remaining crumb mixture, add the cinnamon, baking soda, salt, sour cream, vanilla and egg. Combine thoroughly. Stir in apples. Spoon evenly over crust. Bake at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares.
Blueberry Pan Biscuits
While watching a local public television show, I was fascinated by the easy at which these pan biscuits came together. They aren’t cut out individually like traditional biscuits but they are incredibly fluffy, moist and flavorful as they are baked in a pan under high heat and slathered with a scrumptious glaze of butter and honey. The batter is made with simple ingredients and is perforated with a bench scraper to section out 9 biscuits and baked for 45 minutes until dark golden brown. Find this Cook’s Country recipe here. …Just so yummy!
The Very Best Chocolate Cake Ever
This cake is dense and full of chocolate flavor… our very favorite chocolate cake recipe!
Best Chocolate Cake Ever
FOR THE CAKE:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
6 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups water
2/3 cup canola oil
2 teaspoons vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
FOR THE CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
1 cup cold milk
1 package (3.9 ounces) instant chocolate pudding mix
1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
Directions
In a bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Add the water, oil, vinegar and vanilla. Beat on low speed for 1 minute. Beat on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a greased 13×9” baking pan. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
For frosting, in a mixing bowl, beat the milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Beat in thawed whipped topping. Spread evenly over cooled cake. Refrigerate.
Easy Taco Pie
Everyone seems to enjoy this recipe. Keep these common convenience ingredients items on hand for a quick and tasty meal.
Easy Taco Pie
• 1 9 ¼ ounce bag Fritos corn chips, crushed
• 2 lbs. ground beef, browned and drained
• 1 packet taco seasoning
• 1 small can green chilies, drained
• 1 can roasted corn, drained
• 2 cups sharp shredded cheese
• Taco pie toppings of your choice such as lettuce, tomato, avocado, jalapeños, olives, salsa, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 2 deep pie pans with non-stick baking spray.
- In a large pan, brown and chop ground beef. Drain grease, and then mix in taco seasoning, green chilies, and corn; set aside.
- Divide chips in half and sprinkle each half as a layer of corn chips into the bottom of each pie dish.
- Layer on your seasoned ground beef, and then top each dish with 1 cup of cheese.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until bubbly. Cool slightly.
- Top with anything you’d like – salsa, guacamole, lettuce, sour cream, olives, peppers, or jalapeños .
Baked Amish Apple-Nut Oatmeal
Our apple trees produced a sizable amount of misshapen apples this season. Luckily, they are perfect for this yummy recipe. Warm cinnamon, apples, nuts and oats make this the perfect breakfast. Spoon into small Tupperware containers for a fast weekly morning meal or an on the go breakfast at the office.
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for greasing the dish
2-3 baking apples, peeled and cubed, (about 2 cups)
Baked Amish Apple-Nut Oatmeal
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease an 11×7” baking dish with butter or cooking spray.
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients in the order listed. Mix well.
Scatter the apples evenly on the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Pour the oatmeal mixture over top and spread evenly. Bake for 35-45 minutes, until the top is golden and the oats are slightly set. Serve warm or at room temperature. Top with yogurt or milk, if desired.
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